The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-26
NC. ELECTION.
Camden Fails to Get Enough Votes
to Elect Him. S
NUMBER OF BALLOTS TAKEN,
But Withoutany Result..-A Break
in tho Thirty.eight N
FOR SENATOR SOMMERyILLE
Which Accomplishes Nothing in
Solving tho Deadlock.
A DO NOTHING SESSION
Winds up in a Tame way..-The
Last Hours.
BRIBERY MATTER in SENATE
Turns out to be a joke Of Jake
FIX Kemple. ..'5
OR SENATOR SOMMERYILLE
Which Accomplishes Nothing il
Solving tho Deadlock.
| DO NOTHING SESSION
Winds up in a Tame way...The
Last Hours.
BRIBERY MATTER in SENATE
Turns out to be a joke Of Jake
@ Kemple.
Special Dlspatca to the H..xsstoenc.r.

H@ Aeluple.
Special Dtspdtca to the Entes'tgene:r.
CnAnLKsroS, w. Va, Feb 25.-When
tho House Of Delegates came to order this
morning tho entire space within the
chamber was taken up with members and
viaitors and tho gallery well filled. As
the time passed the crowd increased aud
tho aialss and corridors were fllod up,
while puoplu Sat on tho e!epB around tho
clerks SAX and speakers stand. When
the hour Of roor arrived tho whole hall
was q shameful jam. syery chair ia the
building, including those large esay
chair9 which support 1he dignity OF tho
Supreme Court Of Appeals had been
brought in and crowded into every crack
where chsi. you'd tit, aud Ladies' sss on
all, even ,nany Of tho mombers chairs be-
ing usurpsi. The screen in front OF the
door IVES taken away and the croSd in
mediatsly filled the tloos space in front Of
tho door. The hall cloak rooras, clerka
and Sersoant-at-arns rooms and other re-
ceBses Of the main hall we're packed like
sardine boxes. Early in the proceedings
the Senators had considerable difficulty in
getting into tho haltand the psarls nade
gread raaa and captured loembeI5
desks Sni. waste BASKETS as asata. II
Mr.. To!e. attempted 10 check the JAM
ming Of the room by. renewing the psRic
about tbs unaafs condition CT tho t0or.
This had no effect Ga the contrary aame-
body captured his cbsir While no Sa4 Gu
his feet spsskinG. 'Hhs usual !orEnsitiss
done with Genera! Eushrod Prias aroBe
and in q carefully prepared spesch regret
fully desettei the carso OF Newman, sud
after causicg Z general belief that he 1888
about to Join the Camden forcss Es placed
in nomination Judge A. +. Raymond. Z
Mr.. Tolerin acknowledgement which
kept the large assembly in @ roar nemi-
mated DR.. A.. r. Bsrbee and Mr.. Oakeg in
q briefaad we'll expressed eule2y pecondcd
this nomination.
Mr.. aagaEs nominated Gencrel N. GoG
in neat and graceful speech, one 'ci the
most entertaining OF the whole series. He
expressed his qualification at the Yay in
which tho Democratic internecine wsr was
decimating their own ranks. I5
| rt5s.a5. "a THE BALLOTS. H.
Tho vote save johnson N. Camden 80 !;
N. GoG, 81; James L. Mclean, |; a. F.
Haymonl, IL; A. r. Barbee, 6; A. ".
Campbell, l; W. Fl. II. Flick, /. Senator
Snyder voted for Mr.. Campbell. Senator
AIinear voted first for Mr.. Camder, but
aiterward changed his vote to General
Flick. Alter tho resu!t Ta5 announced
Judge Maxwell withdrew the name Of
General Golf and nominated General
Flick. 4 second ballot resulted Camden,
80; Flick, 81; Raymond, u; Barbee. 6;
Mclean, 2; Campbell, !. -rt
| After the ballot Mr.. Kidd moved 10
take another ballot. DR.. McClung moved
thst the joint assembly dissolve. The
latter motion was lost by vote OF so to
80. One or two, among them Mr.. Lucaa,
afterwards changed their vote to the
negative for the. sake Of tho record. Mr..
McWhorter placed in nomination James
| L. Mclean, OF Putnam county. Mr.,
Gates, Of thst county, seconded the nop,i-
nation. The vote resulted: Camden, 80;
Mclean, 3S; Raymond, u: Campbs!l, l;
R. s.. Carr, l. Z.
Mr. Hagans cast tho vote tor Senator
Carr. Mr.. Hamilton, in explanation OF
his v ,te, said ii looked as if the one great
question that ca,ns bsiore the Legislature
Of 1887 Was not to be decided. 1t was,
therefore, time OF grave confederation.
He spoke Of the importance to the orsani-
zatiop OF! the party and government, Of
the principle OF the majority rule, and
speaking OF the rumor that ono OF the
minority was to profit by their action
denounced such motive clinchipg it with
poetic quotation from Waltek9e1tt
Mr., Kidd also maIs an eloquent plea for
Camden when his name was called.
When Mr.. Luoaa was called he said the
Camden orators were like q dying swan,
their sweetest music is their last. i
Mr.. Raglandsaid he auppoSed this wonld
| be bis last vote in joint assembly and he
defended the Camden Democrats aud nc.
eused the minority Of being actuated by
selfish motives and Of having ruined the
Democratic party. :.
Alter the third ballot Mr.. sommervillo
moved to take 8 recess till I'M. Dr.
Hensly moved to dissolve. After. consid-
erablo acrimonious debate under the guise
Of explaining votes, the motion to dissolve
tho Joint assembly was rejected, 81 ayes to
81 noes. After good deal OF discussion
as 10 the right to take Q recess, the joint
assembly decided it could do go, and did
80 till $3.50 p. NJ. ss3 ',s
IN A CHANaAnLE BALLOT. t
Immediately upon the reassembling OF
tho joint Cession Mr.. Dawson, nominated
Nathan GoG. 4 ;55t.s5 ttS2
Senator Brown nominated ]. B. Som.
meryille. Of Brooke county. Mr.. Sommer-
Vile declined with emphasis and advo-
Gated sticking to Camden, NJ. McOallis.
ter voted for Sommerville. Mr.. Carr ios
John K. Thompson, the aRepubllcans for
Gotf and the others for Camden or Hay
In The House Hagans voted for General
Flick Mr.. Raglsnd voted for sommer.
Vile, who in all had Elk votes. Before
the vote was announced the changing be.
can. Mr., Woods nominated James Nor.
row. Jr,. and rush was commenced to-
ward him, Mr.. Gorrell deserted Camden
ior J. B. jackson. Mr.. Chew also voted
for Jackson. s.L s;.Itli -
Il Mr.. Rowan changed to Frank Hereford,
Mr. Flournoy:% to Jackson. McClnns,
lPuch and Hiner went TO Morrow. Mr'
ll Van Pelt named Homer A. Holt. Mr..
Shaw named William T. Ice, OF phillipi.f
Mr.. Oxley said, "Bring on another
lightning rod. ~ VIZ .4s;,55 Z, ~, Z,
! Ths sots stood: Camden, So; Gof, 81
, sommeryilie, a; Thompson, 4; Holt, l
). Jackson, 5; Raymond, !; Walker, i
. Eliok. 0. Morrow, s; Hereford, !; Ice, l